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joining us is ryan grim, washington bureau chief for "the huffington post." thank you for being here. >> thank you for having me. >> this is not new tape tonight. these are not new remarks. they are from november. i have to ask how they came to your attention and whether there's any suggestion from the ryan camp or romney folks that there's any question to its authenticity. >> there's no question. it was at a spectator event last november. it's been online since then, almost nobody has viewed it. it was sent to me and a few other reporters over the weekend along with about 15 or 20 other clips of paul ryan saying things over the past ten years. and i had kind of put it off sunday and monday, and today i just decided i'd listen to a bunch of these clips and here you go. here's paul ryan. >> in terms of the list of stuff that you were being sent, i know enough about paul ryan's history to know he makes comments that are sort of like this, sort of along the lines about makers and takers, the vision of an america that's a zero sum game between those giving and ta
joining us is ryan grim, washington bureau chief for "the huffington post." thank you for being here. >> thank you for having me. >> this is not new tape tonight. these are not new remarks. they are from november. i have to ask how they came to your attention and whether there's any suggestion from the ryan camp or romney folks that there's any question to its authenticity. >> there's no question. it was at a spectator event last november. it's been online since...
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going to look hard at that particular issue. >> fascinating and fair point from david wood of "the huffington post." always great to see you and have you answer our defense and existential questions. >> thanks, alex. >> after the break, wipi went t fight and a hockey game broke out. last night a foreign policy debate but domestic affairs kept coming up. how the candidates tried to change the subject next on "now." hahahaha! hooohooo, hahaha! this is awesome! folks who save hundreds of dollars switching to geico sure are happy. i'd say happier than a slinky on an escalator. get happy. get geico. melons!!! oh yeah!! well that was uncalled for. folks who save hundreds of dollars switching to geico sure are happy. how happy, ronny? happier than gallagher at a farmers' market. get happy. get geico. try this... bayer? this isn't just a headache. trust me, this is new bayer migraine. [ male announcer ] it's the power of aspirin plus more in a triple action formula to relieve your tough migraines. new bayer migraine formula. >>> what's the best way to answer a question about the ouster of former egyp
going to look hard at that particular issue. >> fascinating and fair point from david wood of "the huffington post." always great to see you and have you answer our defense and existential questions. >> thanks, alex. >> after the break, wipi went t fight and a hockey game broke out. last night a foreign policy debate but domestic affairs kept coming up. how the candidates tried to change the subject next on "now." hahahaha! hooohooo, hahaha! this is...
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. >> and then the "huffington post" released what they consider their own bombshell tape, showing paul ryan at what his campaign says was on open forum, this was just last year, 2011. ryan's remarks are now being compared to romney's 47% comment. >> the good news is survey after survey, poll after poll, still shows that we are a center-right 70/30 country. 70% of americans want the american dream. they believe the american idea. only 30% want the welfare state. >> and republicans are seizing on what vice president joe biden said at a campaign event in north carolina. that set off another war of words. >> how they can justify raiding taxes on the middle class that has been buried the last four years. >> vice president biden just today said that the middle class over the last four years has been "buried." we agree. >> let's bring in the news nation political panel, associate editor and columnist for the "washington post" and msnbc analyst eugene robinson, abby stoddard, columnist for the hill, michael spir mitt romney is con nish, talk show host and chip saltzman, strategist. i would lik
. >> and then the "huffington post" released what they consider their own bombshell tape, showing paul ryan at what his campaign says was on open forum, this was just last year, 2011. ryan's remarks are now being compared to romney's 47% comment. >> the good news is survey after survey, poll after poll, still shows that we are a center-right 70/30 country. 70% of americans want the american dream. they believe the american idea. only 30% want the welfare state. >>...
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darling msnbc political analyst and national affairs editor for "new york" magazine john heilemann, "the huffington post" washington bureau chief ryan grim, author of "the daily show" liz winsted and "rolling stone" executive editor eric baits. welcome to bizarre world. ramping you for the first debate each candidate is showering praise on the opposition in the hopes of lowering the bar for themselves. paul ryan gushed over president obama's skills on the debate stage. >> president obama is a very -- he's a very gifted speaker. the man's been on the national stage for many years. he's an experienced debater. >> shockingly, senior white house adviser david plouffe had the same feelings about governor mitt romney. >> we'd expect it all along that governor romney will have a good night. he's prepared more than any candidate in history and shown himself to be a good debater through the years. >> even the candidates were tamping down expectations yesterday. >> i don't think anyone would suggest the debates aren't important. i can't tell you how important it will be. i don't know what will happen at the
darling msnbc political analyst and national affairs editor for "new york" magazine john heilemann, "the huffington post" washington bureau chief ryan grim, author of "the daily show" liz winsted and "rolling stone" executive editor eric baits. welcome to bizarre world. ramping you for the first debate each candidate is showering praise on the opposition in the hopes of lowering the bar for themselves. paul ryan gushed over president obama's skills on the...
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that was the lead of my piece in "the huffington post," words of one sill belabel. this is it for mitt. >> it rhymes. >> he has to change the conversation, and do what you said, which is express clear, big, convincing, humane and understandable thoughts about he, how he can be the better person to take the economy forward and take the country forward. he said he wanted this to be about the economy. the romney -- the obama people have jammed the radar, romney's radar for six months, ago? now romney has 60 million people out there. he has to look at the camera and say, this is in simple, clear terms is how i'm going to help you and how we're going to fix the economy. >> same question to you. the economy looks better than romney does. that's the problem he faces. >> one of his biggest challenges tonight is to stand on that stage and convince people watching, something north of 60 million people will tune in, that he understands the lives and problems of average americans, ordinary americans, the people struggling to put food on the table. >> that would be a fraud, thou
that was the lead of my piece in "the huffington post," words of one sill belabel. this is it for mitt. >> it rhymes. >> he has to change the conversation, and do what you said, which is express clear, big, convincing, humane and understandable thoughts about he, how he can be the better person to take the economy forward and take the country forward. he said he wanted this to be about the economy. the romney -- the obama people have jammed the radar, romney's radar for...
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in "the huffington post," obama needs the merciless joe. "the wall street journal" amps up the anticipation with bigger bang expected from ryan/biden bout. and politico lays out the high stakes for this debate in a jonathan martin article headlines a veep debate that could really matter. even paul ryan admits biden will undoubtedly bring his "a" game. let's listen. >> we think he's probably going to come at me like a cannonball. >> well, this under card fight is generating incredible hype, especially for vice president biden who has some cleanup to do following the president's debate performance last week. jonathan martin is a senior political reporter with politico and joan walsh is editor-at-large for salon, author of "what's the matter with white people." i said it like i'm supposed to talk. this idea of -- let's talk tactics. does biden go in and nail ryan for what he stood there for all those years. put it in the present tense. you want to voucherize medicare, you are an ayn rand ideologue who wants to shift wealth. >> the short answer
in "the huffington post," obama needs the merciless joe. "the wall street journal" amps up the anticipation with bigger bang expected from ryan/biden bout. and politico lays out the high stakes for this debate in a jonathan martin article headlines a veep debate that could really matter. even paul ryan admits biden will undoubtedly bring his "a" game. let's listen. >> we think he's probably going to come at me like a cannonball. >> well, this under card...
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. >>> and also caught on tape, yesterday "the huffington post" reported paul ryan saying 30% of americans wanted a welfare state and jumped on joe biden as well saying that the middle class has been buried. the running mates are causing some headaches. >>> plus, i have some questions of my own for the candidates. i'm going to ask michael steele and joan walsh to fill in for barack obama. can they answer questions? i'm going to show you what i'm going to be looking for. and then i'll join rachel mad do you for an hour long show for tonight's debate. join us for the full coverage. and then at midnight eastern, i'll be back for the a special late edition of "hardball," a show with lots of results. we'll tell you who won. this is "hardball," live from denver, the first presidential debate. humans -- even when we cross our t's and dot our i's, we still run into problems. namely, other humans. which is why, at liberty mutual insurance, auto policies come with new car replacement and accident forgiveness if you qualify. see what else comes standard at libertymutual.com. liberty mutual insurance.
. >>> and also caught on tape, yesterday "the huffington post" reported paul ryan saying 30% of americans wanted a welfare state and jumped on joe biden as well saying that the middle class has been buried. the running mates are causing some headaches. >>> plus, i have some questions of my own for the candidates. i'm going to ask michael steele and joan walsh to fill in for barack obama. can they answer questions? i'm going to show you what i'm going to be looking...
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and msnbc contributor stam stein of "the huffington post." after spending the last two weeks on the ropes, president obama came out last night like a heavyweight fighter while his challenger appeared to shrink to the featherweight class. the two circled the ring for an hour and a half and went nearly nose to nose on several occasions. at the turning point in the match the commander in chief stared down had his opponent and delivered a haymaker. >> the suggestion that anybody on my team, whether secretary of state, our u.n. ambassador, anybody on my team, would play politics or mislead when we've lost four of our own, governor, is offensive. that's not what we do. >> after taking on the chin, governor romney tried an upper cut and whiffed. >> you said in the rose garden the day after the attack it was an act of terror. it was not a spontaneous demonstration is that what
and msnbc contributor stam stein of "the huffington post." after spending the last two weeks on the ropes, president obama came out last night like a heavyweight fighter while his challenger appeared to shrink to the featherweight class. the two circled the ring for an hour and a half and went nearly nose to nose on several occasions. at the turning point in the match the commander in chief stared down had his opponent and delivered a haymaker. >> the suggestion that anybody on...
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following the debate, romney's senior adviser, ed gillespie, told "the huffington post," the governor would not repeal the lily ledbetter act. he was opposed to it at the time. he would not repeal it. well, the sun came up and today gillespie is telling a different story. "i was wrong when i said last night governor romney opposed the lily ledbetter act. he never weighed in on it. as president, he would not seek to repeal it." let's turn to cecile richards, president of planned parenthood action fund, who is joining us tonight on behalf of the obama campaign. miss richards, great to have you with us tonight. what does -- what did we find out about mitt romney last night with this exchange? >> well, it seems that what we found out is that he can't even answer a straight question. i thought that young woman, she was very clear what she wanted to know, which is, where was he on equal pay. and this is not a surprise question and the fact that he could not answer it is indicative of what he's trying to do on every women's issue, which is to muddy the waters and never give a direct answer.
following the debate, romney's senior adviser, ed gillespie, told "the huffington post," the governor would not repeal the lily ledbetter act. he was opposed to it at the time. he would not repeal it. well, the sun came up and today gillespie is telling a different story. "i was wrong when i said last night governor romney opposed the lily ledbetter act. he never weighed in on it. as president, he would not seek to repeal it." let's turn to cecile richards, president of...
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on tuesday, romney's senior adviser ed gillespie told "the huffington post" romney would have opposed the bill. on wednesday, gillespie corrected that statement saying romney has never held a position on the bill. hmm. today a romney aide told cbs news romney would have opposed the bill. short time later a romney aide told "the huffington post" that romney has never held a position on the bill. ed addressed this issue on the record yesterday. el gillespie, that explains our position. confused? you're not the only one. >> i don't know why this is so complicated. governor romney still won't say whether or not he supported a law to protect that right. no matter how many times he's asked. this is not -- this is not that hard. >> let's turn to nancy cohen "playboy" magazine corrector and author of "delirium." nancy, good to have you on "the ed show" tonight. appreciate your time. >> my sound's going out. >> you bet. why can't the romney campaign, somebody give a straight answer when it comes to equal pay? >> hey, ed. great to be here with you. they can't give a straight answer because they
on tuesday, romney's senior adviser ed gillespie told "the huffington post" romney would have opposed the bill. on wednesday, gillespie corrected that statement saying romney has never held a position on the bill. hmm. today a romney aide told cbs news romney would have opposed the bill. short time later a romney aide told "the huffington post" that romney has never held a position on the bill. ed addressed this issue on the record yesterday. el gillespie, that explains our...
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here with us now in denver, we have howard fineman, the "huffington post" media group. said he is the buffalo bob of our show. >> now i'm don meredith because don meredith always used to say on monday night football, when the game was nearly over, woe start singing. ♪ the party's over but not there yet. >> bring you back to sing at some point, heward. before we do that, we have another task and i thought howard would be the perfect guy to lead this off. basically, we want to look ahead to this debate tonight and all for a moment, assume the role of moderator, jim lehrer, pbs, a moderating this thing tonight. let just go around right now, we will start with you, howard. you got jim lehrer's seat, the two questions in front of you -- two candidates right in front of you. what is the one question that you think would you most like to see jim lehrer ask one of these candidates tonight? >> i would focus on mitt romney because this really is it for mitt. i would go right at the central concern. i would say i would ask, governor, bain capital, which you helped to run, had ma
here with us now in denver, we have howard fineman, the "huffington post" media group. said he is the buffalo bob of our show. >> now i'm don meredith because don meredith always used to say on monday night football, when the game was nearly over, woe start singing. ♪ the party's over but not there yet. >> bring you back to sing at some point, heward. before we do that, we have another task and i thought howard would be the perfect guy to lead this off. basically, we...
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. >> sam, you guys have a feature in "the huffington post" newsletter which i hope all of our viewers receive in their inboxes, "the daily delaney downer," which inevitably has this horribly heartbreaking piece of sort of economic trivial or an anecdote. actually, you know, we too often discuss this stuff in terms of numbers and not actual stories. and what continues to happen across the country -- i mean, this is why they can't just, you know, tout the 7.8% unemployment numbers and be excited about that. and it is a very nuanced case. stew rothenberg was on the show last friday anding the these unemployment numbers have had absolutely no bearing on the metrics of the poll numbers because it's much more about a mood and whether people feel optimistic or pessimistic. >> first of all, "the daily delaney downer," was our human suffering correspondent. he's been doing this for a couple years now and he finds people of struggling in the economy. a lot of them have run out of insurance, a lot of them are long-term employed. if you've been out of work for two years, it's twice as hard to fin
. >> sam, you guys have a feature in "the huffington post" newsletter which i hope all of our viewers receive in their inboxes, "the daily delaney downer," which inevitably has this horribly heartbreaking piece of sort of economic trivial or an anecdote. actually, you know, we too often discuss this stuff in terms of numbers and not actual stories. and what continues to happen across the country -- i mean, this is why they can't just, you know, tout the 7.8%...
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our guest host is arianna huffington, founder and editor-in-chief of "the huffington post" and keeping us busy through the commercial breaks, we have way too much to talk about. we have a post strategy session speaking with ken duberstein, he was the chief of staff to president reagan and interview with mark zuckerberg, the social giant announcing this morning it reached 1 billion users. coming up at 8:30 eastern weekly jobless claims, economists expecting initial claims to increase to 369,000 and next half hour two ceos on job creation and the economy, starbucks howard schultz and linkedin's jeff weiner. first joe has the top stories. >> one is not that mark zuckerberg wears the same thing every day. and so do i. not here, but when i go home i wear the same thing. >> looks like a uniform but steve jobs did, too. einstein did the same thing or another one of the great philosophers because he said it wasted too much time to figure out what to wear during the day. >> they don't have to think about clothes. it frees a lot of band width. >>> the ecb, when they change it, then i'll rush to
our guest host is arianna huffington, founder and editor-in-chief of "the huffington post" and keeping us busy through the commercial breaks, we have way too much to talk about. we have a post strategy session speaking with ken duberstein, he was the chief of staff to president reagan and interview with mark zuckerberg, the social giant announcing this morning it reached 1 billion users. coming up at 8:30 eastern weekly jobless claims, economists expecting initial claims to increase...
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she told the "huffington post" that hiving top-level women was an initiative of women's organizations to make it be something that he had to follow through on. he didn't go out looking for these binders. romney also bled a bit when he dualed with the president over their personal investments. >> romney: mr. president, have you looked at your pension? mr. president, have you looked at your pension. >> obama: i don't look at my pension. it's not big as yours, it doesn't take me long. >> eliot: and romney struggled over the strike that killed four americans in ben gas did i. >> obama: the day after the attack i stood in the rose garden and told the american people of the world that we were going to find out exactly what happened. that this was an act of day after the attack that it was an act of terror? it was not a spontaneous demonstration, is that what you're saying? >> obama: please proceed governor. >> romney: i want to make sure that we have that for the record because it took the president 14 days before he called the event in bengahzi an act of terror. >> he did call it an act of
she told the "huffington post" that hiving top-level women was an initiative of women's organizations to make it be something that he had to follow through on. he didn't go out looking for these binders. romney also bled a bit when he dualed with the president over their personal investments. >> romney: mr. president, have you looked at your pension? mr. president, have you looked at your pension. >> obama: i don't look at my pension. it's not big as yours, it doesn't take...
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subprime mortgage loans into its securities confused by all the jargon senior financial writer for the huffington post will join us to help put this lawsuit in layman's terms. for the market for the moment. and while president obama and governor romney prepared for last night's spectacle the green party candidate a woman who's on the ballot in eighty five percent of this country was arrested for trying to join in on the debate so why didn't anyone hear about that story and why are third party candidates constantly swept to the side i want to point out that i don't believe. i don't believe oh sure are trying to preserve what we're going to try to give birth are all working and there was a little bit of everything in last night's contest laughter name calling and shameless interruption of the two contenders trying to outspend out smart and out talk his opponent ahead we'll ask of the twenty twelve elections is turning into a reality show. it is wednesday october seventeenth five pm in washington d.c. i'm christine for his hour and you're watching our t.v. while we begin this hour with a developing
subprime mortgage loans into its securities confused by all the jargon senior financial writer for the huffington post will join us to help put this lawsuit in layman's terms. for the market for the moment. and while president obama and governor romney prepared for last night's spectacle the green party candidate a woman who's on the ballot in eighty five percent of this country was arrested for trying to join in on the debate so why didn't anyone hear about that story and why are third party...
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. >> josh eidelson, the huffington post reported yesterday that wal-mart's vp of communications said those participating in the strike, although he did not call it a strike, are not " representative of our entire associate base. we do surveys and our source of been improving over the past couple of years, which runs counter to what a few workers who show up at events that the unions put them up to would say ." he went on to say "with an open- door policy. if you have any kind of issue, he should bring it to our manager. if it is not resolved your satisfaction, you can go to the next level of management." he then accused it workers union of engaging in these kinds of "publicity stunts" before. can you comment on that? >> those are similar reactions i have gone from walmart spokespersons. it is true those who've gone on strike or a small fraction, about one in 10,000. but they have taken a very dramatic action and have done it based on assertions, based on frustrations that clearly are shared by a larger group of workers. these are what a particular spokesperson, nor a particular surve
. >> josh eidelson, the huffington post reported yesterday that wal-mart's vp of communications said those participating in the strike, although he did not call it a strike, are not " representative of our entire associate base. we do surveys and our source of been improving over the past couple of years, which runs counter to what a few workers who show up at events that the unions put them up to would say ." he went on to say "with an open- door policy. if you have any...
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private mortgage workers loans into security confused by all the jargon senior financial writer for the huffington post will join us to help put this lawsuit in layman's terms. we brought you for a woman who has gone from home for thirty four. and that's more than the u.s. government can say it's done it's been over a year since the occupy movement flared up it's changed from a protest against corporate corruption to a nationwide rally and now it's going through another metamorphosis we'll tell you about the changing face of this occupation. good evening it's wednesday october seventeenth eight pm in washington d.c. i'm christine and you're watching r t we begin this hour with a developing story from new york the f.b.i. says they've arrested a man on terrorism charges for attempting to blow up the new york federal reserve bank in lower manhattan the financial district. twenty one year old quazi mohammad reza on the feast was arrested this morning after the f.b.i. says he attempted to detonate what he thought would be a one thousand pound bomb in front of the bank a joint f.b.i. and y.p. the operat
private mortgage workers loans into security confused by all the jargon senior financial writer for the huffington post will join us to help put this lawsuit in layman's terms. we brought you for a woman who has gone from home for thirty four. and that's more than the u.s. government can say it's done it's been over a year since the occupy movement flared up it's changed from a protest against corporate corruption to a nationwide rally and now it's going through another metamorphosis we'll tell...
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. >> so, the other tape that's getting a lot of attention, the "huffington post" releasing video of paul ryan talking about a quote, moral tipping point, in the united states, six months before the 47% comments. take a look. >> the good news is survey after survey, poll after poll, still shows that we are a center right 70-30 country. 70% of americans want the american dream. they believe the american idea. only 30% want the welfare state. >> all right, so he at least gives credit to 17% more people than mitt romney did, but how damminging is that f in to have the same mentality, considering there's a minority portion that would rather get welfare checks than jobs? >> i think whether it's condemning or not is defining because it shows that both the presidential and vice presidential candidates and the republican party have the same attitude that there's a large block of americans, one saying 47, the other saying 30%, that want to be welfare dependent or want a welfare state and they want to be president and vice president. when they identify this large block of americans that in effect,
. >> so, the other tape that's getting a lot of attention, the "huffington post" releasing video of paul ryan talking about a quote, moral tipping point, in the united states, six months before the 47% comments. take a look. >> the good news is survey after survey, poll after poll, still shows that we are a center right 70-30 country. 70% of americans want the american dream. they believe the american idea. only 30% want the welfare state. >> all right, so he at...
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analyst and contributor to the grio and laura bassett, a woman who covers women's issues for the hu"the huffington post." >> i think that joe biden learning from president obama's poor performance in the debate is going to bring up women's issues. of course, there's his record on abortion and contraception, his 59 anti-choice votes and wanting to turn medicare into a voucher program. that's a big women's issue. women outlive men. wanting to repeal obama care, that's going to be a problem for women. paul ryan is definitely going to have to answer about extremely important to women. >> you have vice president biden who is on the trail, very often touted his record. listen to this. >> my granddaughters have every single, solitary right that my grandsons have. every single one. whe whether equal pay for equal work, make sure women have control over their own bodies, control over their own destiny. >> a lot of passion backed up by a record in terms of his own career and voting and his own advocacy. >> yes. i think joe biden was the author of the and paul ryan voted against reauthorization. so biden is
analyst and contributor to the grio and laura bassett, a woman who covers women's issues for the hu"the huffington post." >> i think that joe biden learning from president obama's poor performance in the debate is going to bring up women's issues. of course, there's his record on abortion and contraception, his 59 anti-choice votes and wanting to turn medicare into a voucher program. that's a big women's issue. women outlive men. wanting to repeal obama care, that's going to be...
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stagnation and the articles that you mentioned in the beginning where you have mark, my editor of the huffington post and those are probably the three best experts on this and the consensus is the momentum came really after the first debate and is pretty much stabilized. now, that doesn't mean that mitt romney can't win. it doesn't mean that he can't move in the next two weeks and certainly people should vote. if you're an early voting state, you should vote. no one should feel complacent, on not on either side. but the moment that we had mitt romney control the dialogue was after the first debate. there haven't been any moments like that moment where mitt romney has been controlling the message and right now where you have colin powell's endorsement and richard mourdock's comments, we'll see how that will extend in the final stretch. >> and you also had a pretty bad debate about romney in the last debate. steve, let me also say this. many of us feel that the ground game, what goes on the ground, the ability to pull out voters is going to be decisive and when you see that, you see the field offi
stagnation and the articles that you mentioned in the beginning where you have mark, my editor of the huffington post and those are probably the three best experts on this and the consensus is the momentum came really after the first debate and is pretty much stabilized. now, that doesn't mean that mitt romney can't win. it doesn't mean that he can't move in the next two weeks and certainly people should vote. if you're an early voting state, you should vote. no one should feel complacent, on...
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joining me is irin carmon and laura bass set who covers women's issues for t"the huffington post". irin, let me start with you. do you think this presents a serious challenge to mitt romney appearing to look moderate on the issue of abortion? >> it's incredible because the party is so dominated like todd akin, richard mourdock. these are the people who are really running these days. they don't like rape exceptions but they are scared of the lack of compassion to rape victims so the anti-choice has been trying to look like they are compassionate to women that are raped or in cases of incest so they have a situation where they have moved too far, too fast. the american public are saying, who are these guys and romney is stuck trying to seem like he's moderate even though at the same time he's trying to defund planned parenthood, take away access to birth control and he would put in the mechanisms to totally outlaw abortion. >> laura, you've been on women's issues or a long time. is this a real danger to mitt romney as he has tried to project this moderate mitt, his long-standing view
joining me is irin carmon and laura bass set who covers women's issues for t"the huffington post". irin, let me start with you. do you think this presents a serious challenge to mitt romney appearing to look moderate on the issue of abortion? >> it's incredible because the party is so dominated like todd akin, richard mourdock. these are the people who are really running these days. they don't like rape exceptions but they are scared of the lack of compassion to rape victims so...
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joining me now is reporter sat salon.com and laura bassi, a journalist who covers women's issues for "the huffington post." thank you both for your time tonight. erin, how bad is the todd akin problem for republicans? >> this was the race that wasn't even supposed to be competitive and now they are saying, well, he can probably still win due to hatred of president obama in that state. >> when you say probably, and he wasn't even supposed to be competitive, he was supposed to win? >> he was supposed to win, yeah. this is a state that has become more conservative. president obama really isn't fighting there. the biggest problem is that he made it about more than abortion, he made it about rape victims. so now we've created this opportunity for claire mccaskill who hasn't been particularly popular in this state to tie him in with these really unsensitive remarks that imply that women are lying and also have totally fake science behind them that is very popular in the anti-choice movement. >> when you combine that, laura, with the fact that at first when these legitimate rape comments came out, republic
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. >> howard fineman, a political analyst and editorial director of the huffington post. he's here and rounding out our panel in kentucky is the pulitzer prize columnist eugene robinson. thank you for being with us. i want to start with chuck. your reporting, does it tell you that it's going to be a broad debate about philosophy and differences or a congressional markup sessions where they argue over details? >> i think if it's up to paul ryan it's going to be details, a little markups and in the weeds. if it's up to biden, it's going to be more of a lively, ideological split. one of the goals they would hope that joe biden accomplishes tonight is to make you feel better, essentially, chris, is to make the base of the party feel better. show some fight. get in there in some issues that they know, create a divide in some part of the electorate, including women issues. with paul ryan, in some ways, expectations got out of hand for them. the base of their own party doesn't have a lot of respect for paul ryan. but i think his advisers know he's never been on this kind of big
. >> howard fineman, a political analyst and editorial director of the huffington post. he's here and rounding out our panel in kentucky is the pulitzer prize columnist eugene robinson. thank you for being with us. i want to start with chuck. your reporting, does it tell you that it's going to be a broad debate about philosophy and differences or a congressional markup sessions where they argue over details? >> i think if it's up to paul ryan it's going to be details, a little...
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>>> joining me today, msnbc contributor sam stein of the "the huffington post," former hillary clinton adviser and deputy new york city mayor howard wolfson, msnbc contributor and queen bee of thegrio.com joy reid and buzz feed editor in chief always busy ben smith. the first presidential debate that hour and a half spectacle of ob fewcation, confusion, triumph and exhaustion may be ancient history by the end of today, maybe. new numbers show the nation's unemployed rate dropped to 7.8%. the lowest number since president obama took office in 2009. while the economy added a relatively modest 114,000 jobs in september, new revisions show that july and august saw a combined increase of 86,000 more jobs than originally reported. needless to say, those numbers put a certain pep back in president obama's step. >> more americans entered the work force, more people are getting jobs. now every month reminds us that we've still got too many of our friends and neighbors looking for work. today's news certainly is not an excuse to try to talk down the economy to score a few political points. it's
>>> joining me today, msnbc contributor sam stein of the "the huffington post," former hillary clinton adviser and deputy new york city mayor howard wolfson, msnbc contributor and queen bee of thegrio.com joy reid and buzz feed editor in chief always busy ben smith. the first presidential debate that hour and a half spectacle of ob fewcation, confusion, triumph and exhaustion may be ancient history by the end of today, maybe. new numbers show the nation's unemployed rate...
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"the huffington post," their pollster page, has a story that's called presidential polls counter romney's surge myth. if you look at the pollster trend, shows the presidential race since august, you can see the president really started gaining ground in september, that was after the conventions, only to drop shortly after mitt romney surged after the first debate. now they're back to neck and neck. how long is the life span of a successful or unsuccessful debate? >> a bump is usually about ten day approximately. >> and then it fades, back to where they started. >> this race is basically where it started a year ago or two years ago. >> i'm talking about is it back to where it was with obama ahead? >> i think it is, yeah. >> i think it's back where the two of them are more even than one being ahead of the other. i see an arc between that first debate and the last debate in that obama really hurt himself in that first debate, and it's still -- there's still residual effect from that, and i think you're seeing that in the numbers. i agree with you, chris, and i agree with nate that the tide h
"the huffington post," their pollster page, has a story that's called presidential polls counter romney's surge myth. if you look at the pollster trend, shows the presidential race since august, you can see the president really started gaining ground in september, that was after the conventions, only to drop shortly after mitt romney surged after the first debate. now they're back to neck and neck. how long is the life span of a successful or unsuccessful debate? >> a bump is...
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i'm joined by "the huffington post" howard fineman, john heilemann, and delaware attorney general beau biden. our special guest must be given the first question. you will not like this question, sir, mr. attorney general. >> it's "hardball." >> general, can i call you general? >> beau is good. >> thank you. >> does romney win if it's a tie tonight? does he win if it's a tie? >> the president is going to be the strong decisive commander in chief he always has been and talk about how he has been such a -- look, he's been the most strong commander in chief in mylitime. he said what he said he was going to do. he ended the war in iraq. you have mitt romney talking about whether or not we should even take troops out. in afghanistan, the president of the united states has set us on a time line to take us out of afghanistan. on that front, i'm unclear as to what governor says to that. as to bin laden, the president of the united states hunt the down president obama. >> where did you learn all this? >> wait. >> your father taught you this. >> they said they wouldn't move heaven and earth to ge
i'm joined by "the huffington post" howard fineman, john heilemann, and delaware attorney general beau biden. our special guest must be given the first question. you will not like this question, sir, mr. attorney general. >> it's "hardball." >> general, can i call you general? >> beau is good. >> thank you. >> does romney win if it's a tie tonight? does he win if it's a tie? >> the president is going to be the strong decisive commander in...
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"the huffington post" pollster.com average of ohio polls show the race has narrowed, but obama continues to lead there, 48% to 46%. steve rattner, formerly obama administration lead car adviser, the car czar. from "the washington post" chris cillizza, an msnbc contributor who knows nothing about cars except he likes it, and he knows a lot about politics. let's look at the most heated exchange. it was spurred by a question about trade with china but went straight to the heart of ohio where one in eight jobs are tied to the auto industry, especially in toledo. >> if we had taken your advice about our auto industry, we'd be buying cars from china instead of selling cars to china. >> i'm a son of detroit, i was born in detroit. my dad was head of a car company. i like american cars, and i would do nothing to hurt the u.s. auto industry. my plan to get the industry on its feet when it was in real trouble was not to start writing checks, and it was president bush that wrote the first checks. i disagree with that. i said they need -- they need to go through a managed bankruptcy. >> governor rom
"the huffington post" pollster.com average of ohio polls show the race has narrowed, but obama continues to lead there, 48% to 46%. steve rattner, formerly obama administration lead car adviser, the car czar. from "the washington post" chris cillizza, an msnbc contributor who knows nothing about cars except he likes it, and he knows a lot about politics. let's look at the most heated exchange. it was spurred by a question about trade with china but went straight to the heart...
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president clinton and coukofi anon comes richard branson and the founder of wikipedia and ariane na huffington. amazing people that believe in the power of young people and give their time to help them drive positive change. >> you mentioned mark zuckerberg and exceptional young people. by and large this is an age group notoriously disengaged. don't you think we should ask young people to become more invested and prove they can be responsible citizens by voting in healthier numbers before we ask them their political opinions? >> yeah, i think you have to ask them why they're disengaged. obviously, what we have here, we have the people who are changing the world in -- brilliant young people under 25 but already in positions of leadership. we're not talking about the general population. we did a survey of 2,000 young people age 20 to 29 in the u.s. only 72% of them are going to vote, so 28% are not voting. only 31% of them believe that their voice is listened to. one of the key things that's an opportunity and threat is if the brilliant political leaders and future leaders engage with young peop
president clinton and coukofi anon comes richard branson and the founder of wikipedia and ariane na huffington. amazing people that believe in the power of young people and give their time to help them drive positive change. >> you mentioned mark zuckerberg and exceptional young people. by and large this is an age group notoriously disengaged. don't you think we should ask young people to become more invested and prove they can be responsible citizens by voting in healthier numbers before...
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i'm joined by chuck todd and howard fineman with "the huffington post." the latest poll shows among likely voters the president leads 49% to 46% for romney. that's down net two points from two weeks ago when the president was up by five. to what to you attribute the movement, chuck todd? >> well, first of all, the more important number has always been the president sitting at 49% or 50%. i would go through his job approval rating at 49%, his ballot test at 49%, those converge, and that's what matters and 49% puts you in the, quote, re-elect zone. what's affecting romney, this is something we've been watching all year long. there is an enthusiasm gap among core republican voters among core democratic groups. overall there's a ten-point advantage among those republicans who call themselves nines or tens when on a scale of one to ten asked how interested they are in this election. there's been a ten-point gap pretty consistent all year. that's why for instance on the registered voter number, the president has a seven-point lead and it shrinks more than in ha
i'm joined by chuck todd and howard fineman with "the huffington post." the latest poll shows among likely voters the president leads 49% to 46% for romney. that's down net two points from two weeks ago when the president was up by five. to what to you attribute the movement, chuck todd? >> well, first of all, the more important number has always been the president sitting at 49% or 50%. i would go through his job approval rating at 49%, his ballot test at 49%, those converge,...
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but we have just got from "the huffington post" a statement that mr. ryan made, a sound bite, about americans that sounds very similar. let me play this to you for the first time and get your reaction. this was a year ago, paul ryan last november, talking about his estimate of how many people are dependent on government. listen to this. >> before too long we could become a society we were never, ever intended to be. we could become a society where the net majority of americans are takers, not makers. 70% of americans want the american dream. they believe in the american idea. only 30% want the welfare state. >> governor, when you have a candidate for president talking about 40% are moochers, you have the vice presidential candidate saying that we're living in a society with more takers than makers, and 30% of the country want a welfare state, i mean, what is that saying to the american people as they head to the polls in 35 days? >> well, it's pathetic, is what it is? it says to the american people that both members of the republican ticket totally out
but we have just got from "the huffington post" a statement that mr. ryan made, a sound bite, about americans that sounds very similar. let me play this to you for the first time and get your reaction. this was a year ago, paul ryan last november, talking about his estimate of how many people are dependent on government. listen to this. >> before too long we could become a society we were never, ever intended to be. we could become a society where the net majority of americans...
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we start now with mark blumenthal at huffington post and a polling expert. let's start with ohio. there are scenarios for both of the candidates to win this election without ohio but it is the closest thing there is to a must win state i'd say for both candidates. what is your best sense right now of where the race stands in ohio and why is it where it is? >> well, our estimate which is based on all of the public polls as run through a model we have on the huff post election dashboard has pretty consistently had obama with a two, 2.5-point lead in ohio over the last 2 weeks, even after the debate movement. and, you know, that's about in polling averages anything above that and you typically win. if that holds. he's in pretty good shape there. >> so if he's in good shape there, there's a good wchance t win the election and then the popular vote split and mitt romney maybe gets more popular votes overall but barack obama has a clear edge and wins the electoral college. how likely do you think that scenario is? >> i think it's possible to get a split but the imaginations have kind of
we start now with mark blumenthal at huffington post and a polling expert. let's start with ohio. there are scenarios for both of the candidates to win this election without ohio but it is the closest thing there is to a must win state i'd say for both candidates. what is your best sense right now of where the race stands in ohio and why is it where it is? >> well, our estimate which is based on all of the public polls as run through a model we have on the huff post election dashboard has...
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and huffington post, binder brouhaha as in joe biden and paul ryan disagreeing over what governor romney meant with the binder full of women comment. >>> coming up, did the debate shine a light on abortion and contraception end up helping or hurting governor romney with women? salon.com's writer joins me live to talk about the important voting bloc of women. >>> plus, a disastrous day for lance armstrong. did you hear this one? nike, initially stood by their man. the company now says that armstrong misled them for years. >>> and be sure to check out the "news nation" tumblr page. that's my producer jen. she is expecting the first baby and i gave her a midwife massage. do it all. do it all here. ♪ [ male announcer ] why do more emergency workers everywhere trust duracell...?? duralock power preserve. locks in power for up to 10 years in storage. now...guaranteed. duracell with duralock. trusted everywhere. woman: what do you mean, homeowners insurance doesn't cover floods? [ heart rate increases ] man: a few inches of water caused all this? [ heart rate increases ] woman #2: but i don't
and huffington post, binder brouhaha as in joe biden and paul ryan disagreeing over what governor romney meant with the binder full of women comment. >>> coming up, did the debate shine a light on abortion and contraception end up helping or hurting governor romney with women? salon.com's writer joins me live to talk about the important voting bloc of women. >>> plus, a disastrous day for lance armstrong. did you hear this one? nike, initially stood by their man. the company...
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i must agree with you because that's what i wrote on the "huffington post" so i must agree with it, it's a very important debate. everybody says vice presidential debates aren't important. i say history is bunk to quote henry ford. this one really matters for the reason that you say. as crystal said, there are a lot of freaked out democrats. they need some good news. the democrat spirits are not going to be turned around by registration numbers in various states. the obama campaign put out a memo about that today. that's great for the junk kiss. that's not great or helpful to the spirit of the volunteers and so forth. joe biden needs to be seen as the winner tonight for the very reason you're talking about, the media narrative, which could be crushing if they go 0-2. >> howard, as the romney team likes to point out. joe biden has done a lot of debates. by my count, 749. no, closer to 23, but he did 14 in the last year, in 2008 alone. >> yes. >> on the other hand, he's also been vice president for the last four years. i think everyone knows that vice president's don't really get pressed a
i must agree with you because that's what i wrote on the "huffington post" so i must agree with it, it's a very important debate. everybody says vice presidential debates aren't important. i say history is bunk to quote henry ford. this one really matters for the reason that you say. as crystal said, there are a lot of freaked out democrats. they need some good news. the democrat spirits are not going to be turned around by registration numbers in various states. the obama campaign...
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house correspondent michael scherer in the flesh on the set, and msnbc contributor, sam stein of "the huffington post", and politico senior white house reporter, glenn thrush. a tale of two messages, the romney campaign is pushing the theory that they're in the lead, down the stretch. with an e-mail this morning read, we're feeling the momentum. the president is playing like he's behind and fighting for every vote. after a red eye flight from l.a. the president was up early for a rally in tampa and delivered doughnuts to firefighters by 7:30 this morning. obama the underdog versus romney the ascent dant is the dominant narrative on the trail. >> patrol this in my voice is getting hoarse. have to keep on keeping on. >> we're going to win november 6th. >> we're going to pull an all-nighter. no sleep. >> we've had a number of debates lately. you know they have really propelled our campaign. >> i believe in you. i need you to keep believing in me. >> the obama campaign is slipping. and shrinking. >> we always knew this was going to be a close race from the start. folks in your business were writing
house correspondent michael scherer in the flesh on the set, and msnbc contributor, sam stein of "the huffington post", and politico senior white house reporter, glenn thrush. a tale of two messages, the romney campaign is pushing the theory that they're in the lead, down the stretch. with an e-mail this morning read, we're feeling the momentum. the president is playing like he's behind and fighting for every vote. after a red eye flight from l.a. the president was up early for a...
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. >> weekend update on "snl" had arianna huffington bragging on martha raddatz's style. >> martha raddatz said answer this question and answer it this way. women have to do that. you don't say to your husband, maybe we should go out next weekend. no, you say, hey, we're going to dinner friday night with my sister and her husband, be ready by 7:00, and shave the back of your neck. >> my response to that, no comment. anyway, "meet the press" guest stephen colbert was also at it. he described how romney's surge has rejuvenated his character. >> up until wednesday night i just thought, i don't know what i'm going to do for the next month. >> because why? >> he was just a walking shambling mound of weakness, you know. even the people who liked him didn't seem to be behind him that strongly. now he's the man. now he's got these long luscious coattails, and everybody is jumping on board. >> well, the country's fate isn't the only thing riding on this campaign. apparently comedians' livelihoods are, too. >>> this weekend i joined bill o'reilly, john king, and jon stewart at the beacon theater for
. >> weekend update on "snl" had arianna huffington bragging on martha raddatz's style. >> martha raddatz said answer this question and answer it this way. women have to do that. you don't say to your husband, maybe we should go out next weekend. no, you say, hey, we're going to dinner friday night with my sister and her husband, be ready by 7:00, and shave the back of your neck. >> my response to that, no comment. anyway, "meet the press" guest stephen...
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>> let's turn to sam stein, political reporter for "the huffington post and joan walsh, the author of "what's wrong with white people." what mitt romney wants to do with fema. this puts the candidate in a pretty tight spot, doesn't it? >> well, yes, of course it does, ed. i mean this moment really reminds me of that moment in 2008 when john mccain had his crazy reaction to the economic crash and wanted to suspend his campaign and go back to washington and really looked like he didn't understand what was at stake or what was going on. mitt romney looked ridiculous at that rally today. i mean he was talking about cleaning up -- one time he had to clean up a football field of rubbish and comparing that to disaster relief and i'm not somebody -- i think it's kind of silly when we say we can't play politics at this moment. there's always politics and right now we're having an election. we're having a debate over the future of our society and things like disaster relief are really quite pertinent, so it's not that he can't to me it's not that he can't campaign but go out there and take ques
>> let's turn to sam stein, political reporter for "the huffington post and joan walsh, the author of "what's wrong with white people." what mitt romney wants to do with fema. this puts the candidate in a pretty tight spot, doesn't it? >> well, yes, of course it does, ed. i mean this moment really reminds me of that moment in 2008 when john mccain had his crazy reaction to the economic crash and wanted to suspend his campaign and go back to washington and really...
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thing always on these is to look there's a few sites that do polling averages, real clear politics, "huffington post," they average all the different polls and put them together. if you want to look at these two right now, they might kind of both be true and it's because of this. the gallup one measures seven days. it's still got a number of predebate days there when oen was ahead. it's got the immediate post debate when romney seems to have pulled even or taken the lead in the two or three days immediately after. >> immediately after. >> what gallup also showed apparently in the last day that's included in the seven days, there was ho movement back towards obama. there was an end to the movement toward romney. so that's why he went from three ahead in the seven-day track yesterday to five ahead in their track today. the pew one, if you're still with me, is only october 4th through october 7th. you're getting from obama's standpoint the worst of the worst in this pew one. none of the predebate, only the worst of the immediate post debate. sort of remains to be seen how that shakes out. >> that'
thing always on these is to look there's a few sites that do polling averages, real clear politics, "huffington post," they average all the different polls and put them together. if you want to look at these two right now, they might kind of both be true and it's because of this. the gallup one measures seven days. it's still got a number of predebate days there when oen was ahead. it's got the immediate post debate when romney seems to have pulled even or taken the lead in the two or...
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. >> here's the critique from the huffington "post." ryan is always sure of himself and always has a bev have i of numbers to toss in the air. he's a fast talker. he speaks so quickly he can uncork a whole lot of ideas in a very short space of time. are you a little bit concerned about this debate tonight, congressman? >> well, i would hope that he would not be a fast talker, i hope he would take the time to explain the things as i know he can. i'm sure he'll be prepared for whichever paul ryan that shows up. the one who is an author of the budget, sets up the privatization of social security while expanding tax cuts for wealthy people. or the one who has become sort of an artist that will sort of shade the issues and parse words rather than laying out a clear vision for the future. >> as you know, there -- >> i don't know which one will up. >> we were talking about the brand new swing state polls that show mitt romney is gaining in florida and virginia and ohio. do you think that the momentum is swinging and that really it is up to joe
. >> here's the critique from the huffington "post." ryan is always sure of himself and always has a bev have i of numbers to toss in the air. he's a fast talker. he speaks so quickly he can uncork a whole lot of ideas in a very short space of time. are you a little bit concerned about this debate tonight, congressman? >> well, i would hope that he would not be a fast talker, i hope he would take the time to explain the things as i know he can. i'm sure he'll be prepared...
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>> joining me now is howard fineman, nbc news political analyst and the editorial director for the "huffington post" media group and the road warrior of debates. coming to us tonight from louisville, kentucky. >> my old hometown, ed. my old hometown. >> there you go. what do you make of the president's remarks there? saying that he was -- on that radio interview, that he might have been too polite against mitt romney? what about that? >> well, that's the most benign explanation he could have given. i think the more important thing was he sounded pretty emphatic when diane sawyer asked, did you blow the election on that night, and he said, no, and he didn't hesitate. and she said, are you going to win the election, and he said, yes. that's what he has to say. he has to convey a sense of confidence and joy about what he's doing and enjoy the combat. because there are big issues at stake here, ed, as the president said. and they'll be front and center in the debate in danville, kentucky, east of here tomorrow. this is a fundamental discussion about the role of government. mitt romney in that deba
>> joining me now is howard fineman, nbc news political analyst and the editorial director for the "huffington post" media group and the road warrior of debates. coming to us tonight from louisville, kentucky. >> my old hometown, ed. my old hometown. >> there you go. what do you make of the president's remarks there? saying that he was -- on that radio interview, that he might have been too polite against mitt romney? what about that? >> well, that's the most...